regretfulness
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Occasionally, welcome self-incrimination creeps into the schematic monologues, as exemplified by the arrogance of a hedge fund manager, or the regretfulness of a publicist, who has given his life over to feeding egos.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2021
Yes, I think Herrick would have forgiven me for that momentary lapse into regretfulness over the white hawthorn.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
Esther listened silently, with perfect faith in the speaker and his statements, with a little undefined sort of regretfulness.
From A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner
The ease and kindliness of his manner had suffered no abatement, although a little touch of regretfulness, just allowed to appear, forbade her to doubt that she had been understood.
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Susan Warner
It was spoken with a grave regretfulness that troubled Nasmyth and yet stirred him to strong appreciation of her character.
From The Long Portage by Harold Bindloss
